Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 14:45
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 7.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 82.8 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 83 57% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 191 20% 162 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2019 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.8 85% 102 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 96.7 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 76 75 69 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 120 Write 99 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 75.9 22% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 15.9 81% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 17.7 25% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 73%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 191GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 303 Write 340 Mixed 290 SusWrite 87.5 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 27.9 88% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 38.7 36% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 223GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 119 Write 107 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 87.4 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 46 45 49 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 50.2 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 46.3 33% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 9.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 8 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	370x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16